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Post by rockfordfosgate on Oct 3, 2011 10:32:21 GMT -5
Melanie could have shared a resemblance to Daniel's adoptive mother. Plenty of people look similar or have similar features without being blood-relatives. The likelihood of it is questionable, but not impossible.
And I'd hate to see this thread devolve into a rehashing of plotlines of the past (Daniel/Chloe/Parker/et. al). That's over and done with. This thread is about the parentage of Daniel and what that means for future character interactions and storylines.
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Post by ghoulgirl on Oct 3, 2011 10:40:19 GMT -5
Melanie could have shared a resemblance to Daniel's adoptive mother. Plenty of people look similar or have similar features without being blood-relatives. The likelihood of it is questionable, but not impossible. My step son Logan looks just like me. People often think that he and Ava are mine. But Myles looks identical to his mom so there's no Mistaking there. |
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Post by DancingDays on Oct 3, 2011 10:43:29 GMT -5
@dd, the difference between your guy and Daniel is that EJ is a villain character and therefore expected to be hated (not to such an expansive level as he is but at least it fits). Daniel is supposed to be a "good guy" and "brilliant doctor" so the fact that so many in the audience find him the exact opposite leaves him with nowhere to go. Yeah, I was just hoping.  |
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Post by sportsgirl on Oct 3, 2011 11:01:31 GMT -5
I wonder if this has anythign to do with Alice's secret and the fact that her secret involves Maggie? I think you are right on target with this one!!! It has to be!!! But I would love to know the whole story. |
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Post by karebr13 on Oct 3, 2011 11:20:57 GMT -5
As much as I don't like this storyline and hate that the main focus of it is going to be about Daniel instead of Maggie, I think that there may be something out of that I may be able to enjoy. Obviously this is going to be the big secret that is supposed to come between Victor and Maggie getting married and that they are going to have to work through so it sounds like knowing Victor's history of being a villain when he first came on the show that somehow Victor was involved with Daniel being raised by his friends instead of Maggie. I really like that we are going to be reminded of Victor's past of once being a villain and that he was not always the same sweet guy that he is now with his family.
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Post by MrsM on Oct 3, 2011 11:44:28 GMT -5
I don't know how I feel about this. My initial knee jerk reaction was gross, but now that I have mulled it over it has potential but I still am completely unsold on the idea. I guess I will have to wait to see how it plays out.
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Post by Trey on Oct 3, 2011 13:43:32 GMT -5
My first reaction was "wha...? How?" Maggie did have insemination as Mickey was the infertile one. So, I'm thinking that maybe he was Neil's child (when Maggie was a surrogate for an anonymous donor but that was their daughter Sarah). Or, was this a hushed product of her love affair with Don (before Mickey had his heart attack)? I'm excited for some potential here. Then again, who knows what Maggie was up to on the farm before Mickey arrived in town.  |
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Post by shi22 on Oct 3, 2011 14:02:10 GMT -5
I really don't get the impression that Daniel will be focus of this s/l at all. As of right now, he's playing the interloper to Jack and Jen's supercouple, and we all know how this is going to end. I honestly don't believe Daniel will be sticking around when SC's contract is up. On the other hand, making Melanie a Horton gives her some staying power. Sure, she and Maggie have a great connection without being related, but that connection isn't enough to justify her sticking around when Daniel eventually, but inevitably, leaves Salem, and all of her family and love interests are gone.
I suppose this will also give Maggie and Victor a storyline, but I really wish M&D could have come up with something more creative than this.
All in all, I think this is a terrible idea.
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Post by Sparkster on Oct 3, 2011 16:19:10 GMT -5
I can understand people's feelings on this but there could be worse storylines. Of course I don't necessarily share the ire about Daniel as others do. There's plenty to complain about him from his earlier days on the show all the way up to the Chloe situation but I actually have enjoyed him since they paired him with Jennifer.
My initial reaction is that I don't hate this idea but I definitely don't like it either. I'm sorta on the fence with a definite lean towards the negative. But it's not because I hate Daniel. It's because it just seems like an unnecessary move by the writers and almost seems like they felt they needed a further catalyst to break up Daniel/Jennifer as this would obviously cause much awkwardness with them (on top of the Jack stuff). I do agree with previous posts about why is it necessary to have Daniel (or Melanie for that matter) be related to yet another person/family in Salem.
So how do we know for sure how credible this is anyway? This supposedly came from someone who works at the show or something? It just seems peculiar to me. The funny thing I read on the DR website was people saying they were going to flood the phones, email, and mailboxes of Days to try to get this changed before it airs. Unless this storyline isn't supposed to air until after the first of the year then that strategy won't work. Days is more than 2 months ahead in taping, closer to 3 months ahead. I actually hate that about them because it does make it really difficult to change course on something that's not working.
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Post by villa281 on Oct 3, 2011 16:23:17 GMT -5
As much as I don't like this storyline and hate that the main focus of it is going to be about Daniel instead of Maggie, I think that there may be something out of that I may be able to enjoy. Obviously this is going to be the big secret that is supposed to come between Victor and Maggie getting married and that they are going to have to work through so it sounds like knowing Victor's history of being a villain when he first came on the show that somehow Victor was involved with Daniel being raised by his friends instead of Maggie. I really like that we are going to be reminded of Victor's past of once being a villain and that he was not always the same sweet guy that he is now with his family. I actually perfer Victor as a villain, I just love his snarky comments. He has the best one liners. |
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Post by Tom Horton on Oct 3, 2011 16:27:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I was just hoping. Aww the little smilie looks so dejected I want to give it a big hug.... I was actually saying something positive for EJ - that it doesn't matter as much whether he is disliked or not since his character is a bad guy anyway. With Daniel, it's a much bigger deal because TPTB want him to be seen as "good" and even "heroic". I know there are viewers who don't dislike Daniel but even those who tolerate him, rarely go as far as saying that they like him or think of him as a good guy (I don't just mean here but across the web), which would be fine if he were a villain character, but sucks for one that TPTB want to promote as a "Horton Doctor" type character. This storyline just seems like a desperate last attempt to get the audience on board with Daniel and I think it's way too little too late. I agree that SC is probably gone when his contract ends. |
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Post by Tom Horton on Oct 3, 2011 16:38:48 GMT -5
So how do we know for sure how credible this is anyway? This supposedly came from someone who works at the show or something? It just seems peculiar to me. The funny thing I read on the DR website was people saying they were going to flood the phones, email, and mailboxes of Days to try to get this changed before it airs. Unless this storyline isn't supposed to air until after the first of the year then that strategy won't work. Days is more than 2 months ahead in taping, closer to 3 months ahead. I actually hate that about them because it does make it really difficult to change course on something that's not working. Sadly Sparky, I can confirm that the spoiler is credible. I don't visit DR and learned of this before it came out there. I am never ever in the know and am definitely the first to be skeptical of any "hearsay" spoilers but there is more than one source for this one and I definitely trust the one I got it from. I had the same reaction to hearing about the protest that some are planning. I say more power to them, but like you I doubt it will do any good. I also hate how far ahead Days works and agree it puts them in a bad position. |
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Post by DancingDays on Oct 3, 2011 17:15:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I was just hoping. Aww the little smilie looks so dejected I want to give it a big hug.... I was actually saying something positive for EJ - that it doesn't matter as much whether he is disliked or not since his character is a bad guy anyway. LOL. Glad you liked my dejected smiley. And I get what you're saying about EJ and about Daniel. We'll all have to wait and see about how it all works out. |
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Post by fluffysmom on Oct 3, 2011 21:00:27 GMT -5
I'm not looking forward to this story at all. They are going to have to really knock this out of the park to get me on board with it.
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Post by tabbycat46 on Oct 4, 2011 19:29:11 GMT -5
All I can say is that I absolutely HOPE this is NOT true and that this "Mystery" is blowing smoke. This is WRONG, period.
First and foremost, this will damage the memory of Alice Horton who they just got done celebrating last week. I also think that it is highly unlikely that Alice would knowingly keep a child away from Maggie given Maggie's desire for a child. Alice also knows the HELL that Maggie went through when she had to give up Janice. She turned to the bottle after that.
Second of all, Maggie Horton is NOT the type of person who would forget or give up her flesh and blood. In order for this to be remotely plausible, Maggie would have to have given birth to Daniel BEFORE she met Mickey.
Third of all, It is unbelievable, far fetched that Daniel could be world renowned surgeon as well as Melanie's father and be Sarah's twin. Daniel has to be at least 45 to 48 years and Sarah is at least 37 to 38 years old. She was 17/18 years old when she left Salem with Melissa.
I think that it would be best to take this spumor with a grain of salt. I'm NOT buying into this mainly because I find it a little hard to believe that Days would spoil a storyline's outcome before it has even started. I have also read on another site that GUS is Maggie's son. I also HATE the idea of a Chad/Mel pairing. She does NOT need yet another love interest. Just leave Chad and Abigail ALONE.
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